Members' Meetings
Thanks to our members who attended the last member's meeting on May 20, 2004. Special thanks to Patricia Sinclair-McCalla, the new Executive Director of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), who delivered a presentation on the history and role of NEPA.

New Venue for Meetings
Thanks to funding received from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, JET members' meetings will be now held at more spacious and comfortable quarters at the Terra Nova Hotel on 17 Waterloo Rd. Members will be e-mailed with further details.

Permanent Fund
The Board has set a new fund-raising target of $30 M by December 2006. To date, the fund stands at $11.6 Million.

Welcome We welcome the following new members of the JET team: Ms. Frederica Whyte, Education-Admin Officer. Frederica has worked as an intern at the Caribbean Cement Co. and is a graduate of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education in Jamaica. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science. Ms. Kamla Ross McGregor; Office-Website Administrator. Kamla has recently returned to Jamaica from Brazil where she worked as a Language Project Coordinator. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from York University in Canada.

Training for JET's Legal Director
Legal Director Akilah Anderson will attend a six week programme on environmental law between June 18th and August 5th at the University of Costa Rica. As part of her course, Akilah will be reviewing the draft of the new National Environment and Planning Agency Act.

SEP Donation Many thanks to Citibank for their donation of $950,000.00 to the Schools Environment Programme (SEP) for the 2004-2005 school year. This was presented on Earth Day by Mr. Peter Moses and Ms. Ruth Malcolm. The cheque was received by major corporate sponsor, Mr. Wayne McKenzie, General Manager of Jamaica Energy Partners on behalf of JET's board.

L-R:Wayne McKenzie, Carlette Falloon, Ruth Malcolm, Peter Moses and Errold Ziadie

Health and Safety Event at Carib Cement Co.
JET participated in Carib Cement Company's "Health, Safety and Environment Day" on June 16th. JET presented poster boards on 'Clean Air, Health and the Environment' highlighting the link between air pollutants and respiratory illnesses. The boards were well received by Carib Cement's staff members who requested brochures and tips on how they could minimize air pollution.

New Greenhouse In April, JET completed the construction of an organic greenhouse thanks to a donation from Mr. Richard Khouri of Jamaica Hydroponics. Since then, the garden has produced two crops of parsley, dill and basil, some of which were given to members at JET's members' meeting on Mary 20th. The Next crop to be planted will be callaloo and members are welcome to drop by to learn how they can grow their own organic vegetables or even take some home with them.

Andrea Fender, SEP Project Coordinator planting parsley in JET's Green House